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NCT number NCT02161640
Other study ID # 13ID11
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received June 10, 2014
Last updated February 22, 2017
Start date September 2014
Est. completion date January 2017

Study information

Verified date February 2017
Source Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) is a group of relapsing and remitting gut inflammatory conditions acquired due to genetic susceptibility and/or environmental triggers. The disease manifestations are being increasingly seen in young children and the life-long debilitation has a severe effect on quality of life. Limited evidence suggests, although rare, in some young IBD individuals vascular complications may ensue. This leads to increased risk of vascular problems such as thrombosis, arterial disease and stroke.

In the present project we aim to study and highlight potential vascular changes in young Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients and compare these changes with age and gender matched controls. Vasculature will be measured in multiple ways including blood analysis in the laboratory and non-invasive, physiological measures of arterial health (e.g. ultrasound arterial scan). Our overall goal is to identify biomarkers indicative of increased risk of vascular dysfunction as this will open new avenues for early therapeutic intervention.


Description:

Plan of Investigation:

Patients: 130 children and adolescents (8-21y) with an expected ratio of 60% (n=78) Crohn's disease (CD), 35% (n=45) Ulcerative colitis (UC) 5% (n=6) Indeterminate colitis (IC). 78 age and sex-matched controls will be investigated. Sample size calculations are based on Circulating Endothelial Cells (CECs) as the primary end-point, as suggested by an on-going study by one of the co-applicants, on healthy children and children with Kawasaki disease (Brogan P et al, ref published).

40 subjects/ group are required to detect a doubling average of CECs in CD and UC vs. control with 90% power, significance 0.05 and this should be achievable by our initial recruitment. Non-normality and the need to use non-parametric or transform prior to analysis, increases the number to 47; hence we will aim to recruit 50 to the UC group. This will provide adequate power, and is feasible based on the clinical cohort available to us.

This patient cohort is an appropriate candidate group for the present investigation as

1. Evidence indicates that vascular changes that occur between 10-20 years of age are a critical determinant of future vasculature health;

2. Initiation into smoking habits is most likely in teenage years and

3. Other established traditional risk factors for atherosclerosis (such as hypertension, type II diabetes, or even fully established atherosclerotic disease) that would act as confounding variables, are not yet present in adolescence.

Data will be collated onto a de-identified excel sheet and will include age, sex, age at diagnosis, coronary artery status at presentation, growth, body mass index, blood pressure, family history of CVD, and smoking status.

Aim 1: Do Children with IBD have evidence of a MP mediated prothrombotic tendency? MPs will be identified by flow cytometry as previously described by our group19. Briefly, platelet-poor plasma (PPP) will be obtained from blood and stored at −80 °C for future batch testing. 200 μL of PPP will allow sedimentation of MPs which will be resuspended in Annexin V (AnV) binding buffer prior to staining with FITC- or phycoerythrin -AnV (BD PharMingen). Endothelial, platelet and neutrophil-derived MPs (EMPs/PMPs/NMPs) and Tissue-Factor (TF) will be enumerated by detection with anti-human (CD62E, CD41 and CD11b activation epitope which binds to activated neutrophils respectively, plus relevant isotype controls). Latex beads (1.1 μm) are used to gate MPs < 1.1 μm. The thrombotic potential of MPs will be quantified by suspending MPs in control microparticle-free plasma (MPFP) containing trypsin inhibitor [inhibits contact activation] followed by exposure to calcium-fluorogenic substrate (Z-G-G-R-AMC). Kinetics of thrombin generation will be recorded up to 90min post-stimulation. Lag time min, peak thrombin nM, velocity index nM/min and endogenous thrombin potential (ETP) nM × min will be calculated. To investigate the relative contribution of PS and TF to MP-mediated thrombin generation, MPs will be pre-incubated with increasing concentrations of recombinant AnV protein or a blocking anti-TF (or isotype control) prior to thrombin analysis.

Aim 2. Do Children with IBD have evidence of Endothelial Injury? In addition to investigating arterial health (below), we will quantify vascular injury by measuring CECs. CECs will be isolated by immunomagnetic bead extraction (based on an international consensus protocol) and counted using a Nageotte chamber/fluorescence microscopy. CEC enumeration is defined as Ulex-europaeus-lectin bright cells of >10 μm in size, with 5 magnetic beads attached19. Data will be analysed in the context of EMP data (Aim 1) as the combination will give an insight into the degree of endothelial injury in IBD versus control.

Aim 3. Do Children with IBD have evidence of Structural Arterial Disease? Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV) will be an indicator of arterial structural health. Pressure waveforms will be recorded simultaneously at two sites (carotid-femoral) using the VICORDER analysis software (Skidmore Medical Limited);

Aim 4. What is the relationship between indices of inflammation and established mediators of vascular Injury? Levels of hs-CRP, serum amyloid A (SAA), TNF-α, IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-6, MCP-1, VEGF, fasting lipids and angiopoietin 1/2 will be correlated with validated clinical assessment of disease activity [Paediatric UC Activity Index20 (PUCAI) & Paediatric CD Activity Index (PCDAI)] in addition to conventional markers (CRP, ESR, D-Dimers and platelets in active and inactive disease). In many cases, conventional circulating markers do not correlate with endoscopic findings in active disease; the non-conventional markers may show a higher sensitivity in detecting those with on-going active inflammation.

Methodology:

1. Clinical data collection: Subject clinical data will be collated onto a de-identified excel spread sheet from a paper data collection proforma as used in the pilot study. Clinical data collected will include age, sex, age at IBD diagnosis, coronary artery status at presentation and currently, growth and body mass index, blood pressure, family history of cardiovascular disease, and smoking status.

2. Chronic inflammation will be assessed using Meso Scale Discovery (MSD, Maryland, USA) multi-array electrochemiluminescence detection of plasma: hs-CRP, SAA, TNF-α, IL-6, 8 and 10, MCP-1, VEGF, angiopoietin 1 and 2 (the latter mediating endothelial detachment in systemic vasculitis (66). This technique allows many parameters to be assayed from very small amounts of blood and was used (as per manufacturer instructions) with great success in the pilot study; d. Endothelial activation/injury will be assessed by: CEC count quantified by immunomagnetic bead (IB) isolation from whole blood using anti-CD146 coated beads, then stained with FITC-conjugated Ulex and enumerated using fluorescent microscopy and a Nageotte counting chamber as previously described by our group and others (46;67); EMPs expressing CD105, E-selectin, ICAM-1, VCAM-1 CD144, CD31, but negative for the platelet markers CD42a, or CD62P will be quantified from platelet poor plasma using a BD FACSArray flow cytometer as previously described by our group (44); e. Endothelial repair potential will be assessed in a total of 45 subjects (15 from each group: KD CAA+, CAA-, and healthy controls) by assessing (i) EPC colony forming unit (CFU) capacity (68), and (ii) EPC potential to incorporate into HUVEC vascular structures in matrigel (69), and now routinely performed by our group (see below). EPCs are prepared from PBMCs isolated from 5ml of blood are plated into culture dishes coated with human fibronectin and maintained in EGM-2 supplemented with 20% fetal calf serum and 40ng/ml VEGF. After 4 days in culture, non-adherent cells are removed by washing with phosphate buffered saline and the adherent cells maintained in culture until day 7. Early EPC colony forming units are then counted. Amplified EPCs harvested as described above are then labelled with Di -I-LDL and replated with HUVEC on top of a solidified matrigel layer and incubated at 37 °C for 24 h. Fluorescent microscopy is used to assess incorporation of EPCs into the HUVEC capillary lattice, and HUVEC tubule formation (structure exhibiting length four times its width) will be compared using EPC from KD (+/- CAA) to healthy controls. Five independent fields are assessed for each well, and the mean number of tubules/×100 field are determined. f. Vascular stiffness and carotid IMT will be assessed by: (i) carotid-femoral and carotid-radial pulse wave velocity (PWV) using the Vicorder device (Skidmore Medical Limited); All these techniques are routinely performed by our group in accordance with AHA recommendations (70), as illustrated by our pilot data and our previously published studies (71-73).


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 63
Est. completion date January 2017
Est. primary completion date November 2016
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 8 Years to 18 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Clinical diagnosis of Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD arm)

- Aged between 8 years and 18 years at recruitment (both arms)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Clinical diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Control arm)

- Diagnosis of any other chronic inflammatory condition

Study Design


Locations

Country Name City State
United Kingdom Great Ormond Street Hospital London

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Carotid-Femoral Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV) Pulse wave velocity is a measure of arterial stiffness, and correlates with cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality. Once, upon recruitment
Secondary Plasma Microparticle (MP) number Plasma microparticles will be isolated and enumerated by flow cytometry Once, upon recruitment
Secondary Carotid Intima Media Thickness The thickness of the carotid tunica intima and tunica media will be assessed by ultrasound. This thickness correlates with atherosclerosis. Once, upon recruitment
Secondary Plasma Microparticle (MP) pro-thrombotic potential Plasma microparticles will be isolated and their pro-thrombotic potential will be assessed by calibrated automated thrombogram (CAT). Once, upon recruitment
Secondary Circulating endothelial cells (CEC)s enumeration Circulating endothelial cells enumerated from whole blood, as a marker for endothelial dysfunction. Once, upon recruitment
Secondary Plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) level Once, upon recruitment
Secondary Plasma serum amyloid A (SAA) level Once, upon recruitment
Secondary Plasma Tumour Necrosis Factor Alpha (TNF-a) level Once, upon recruitment
Secondary Plasma interleukin 1 alpha (IL-1a) level Once, upon recruitment
Secondary Plasma interleukin 1 beta (IL-1b) level Once, upon recruitment
Secondary Plasma interleukin 6 (IL-6) level Once, upon recruitment
Secondary Plasma Monocyte Chemotactic Protein 1 (MCP-1) level Once, upon recruitment
Secondary Plasma Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) level Once, upon recruitment
Secondary Plasma fasting lipid levels Once, upon recruitment
Secondary Plasma angiopoietin 1/2 levels Once, upon recruitment
Secondary Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate Once, upon recruitment
Secondary Plasma D-dimer level Once, upon recruitment
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